Svetomir Đukić (29 May 1882 – 19 October 1960) was the founder of the

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, an officer in the Serbian Army and a general in the

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Biography

Đukić was born in 1882 in the

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. In mid-April 1945 he met with

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who instructed him to meet with the leader of the

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. He was to seek passage through Croatian territory, as well as supplies. He arrived in

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on April 17. He led a Chetnik delegation which carried on talks with Croatian officials. These talks were held on solely between the respective Croat and Serb delegations, without the involvement of

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. On the first day, and Vladimir Predavac had a meeting with Pavelić and

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. On the second day of talks Đukić was joined by Žika Andrić and a representative of Mihailović, Ranko Brašić while Artuković's place was taken by generals Djordje Gruić and

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. After the last meeting, held on April 22, Pavelić agreed to Đukić's requests. Pavelić later confirmed the meeting in his work ''Hrvatska država živi'' (1949). His memoirs ''Iz šume u emigraciju - Dražine poruke Paveliću'' (1955) were printed in

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. He died in 1960.

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